Office Accommodation and Vehicle Testing Station

Project Factsheet

Location

Bristol

Duration

50 weeks

Value

£6,800,000

Designed to achieve BREEAM excellent the new Headquarters and seven lane Goods Vehicle Testing Station currently under construction at Bristol is the Jewel in the Crown of the VOSA estate.

Bringing together all the expertise of a fully integrated construction team and best practice accrued from 13 previous projects the new development is due for completion in April of 2008.

Having commenced projects with VOSA utilizing the PPC2000 contract much of the framework was undertaken using the BeCollaborative. The Bristol project however has been undertaken utilizing the JCT CE (constructing excellence) contract with target cost and pain/gain mechanism.

We are most proud that much of this new contract has been based directly upon Britcon and the VOSA framework standard documentation, especially the Risk Management procedures.

Britcon together with our collaborative team have been awarded 'Best Collaboration and Integration' from Constructing Excellence in respect of this project.

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Adwick Park and Ride

The extension to the Adwick Park & Ride recently completed by Britcon will mean an additional 112 car parking spaces - taking the total to 196 spaces, including 12 new spaces for disabled users. The Works completed in mid-June 2008.

As part of its Park & Ride Strategy, South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive have extended the site to meet the demands of passengers already using it and also encourage more people to park and ride into Doncaster town centre and beyond.

Roy Wicks, Director General of SYPTE, said: "Park & Ride sites are a convenient and easy way to travel and I hope by extending Adwick more people will take the opportunity to travel hassle free on the train into Doncaster town centre and other places across Yorkshire. Our aim is to encourage more people out of their cars and onto public transport and it is by providing high quality facilities such as Adwick that we can achieve this."

Adwick Park and Ride

The extension to the Adwick Park & Ride recently completed by Britcon will mean an additional 112 car parking spaces - taking the total to 196 spaces, including 12 new spaces for disabled users.

Bentley Park and Ride

Britcon have recently completed a make-over of Bentley Park & Ride to upgrade its passenger facilities. Works included the increase in parking spaces at the site and also improvements to security. The project was funded by South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE) as part of the Travel South Yorkshire Partnership, to improve rail services across the Doncaster region.

Works undertaken by Britcon comprised;

Introduce an additional 27 parking spaces, including six spaces for disabled passengers
Upgrading of cycle facilities
Installation of height restriction barriers at the site entrances
Install a pedestrian ramped access to aid accessibility onto the rail platform
Introduce CCTV cameras, additional lighting and a new boundary fence to enhance security
Introduce new vehicle access into the car park from Holly Avenue.

Bentley Park and Ride

Britcon have recently completed a make-over of Bentley Park & Ride to upgrade its passenger facilities. Works included the increase in parking spaces at the site and also improvements to security.

Victoria Street Public Realm

North East Lincolnshire Council awarded Britcon the prestigious contract of pedestrianising Victoria Street in Grimsby. It was essential to work around shops, pubs, restaurants and other businesses so that they were not affected by the construction. Most work took place out of normal hours (mostly at night) to ensure that the public had minimal disturbance during the day.

The project involved granite paving, hard landscaping, decorative lighting using LED illumination, and creating a wi-fi zoned area. The sewage and service systems were also upgraded. Statistics have shown that the shops economy Has improved through this opportunity, as well as making policing the area easier, so the project has created a safer and more pleasant environment for the owners of the shops their customers and visitors to the town centre.

National recognition of the transformation of Victoria Street was received when the project was 'highly commended' in the Pedestrian Environment category of the Local Government News Street Design Awards 2009. The award follows recent commendation from the British Council of Shopping Centres Town Centre Environment Awards received in June 2009

Victoria Street Public Realm

North East Lincolnshire Council awarded Britcon the prestigious contract of pedestrianising Victoria Street in Grimsby.

Gillingham Goods Vehicle Testing Station

During 2004 Britcon were appointed as Principal Contractor to construct 14 HGV testing stations throughout the UK. The Gillingham project was the second centre to be reconstructed.

Works at Gillingham comprised the demolition of the existing steel frame heavy goods vehicle test hall together with the single storey offices and construction of a new centre together with two storey office accommodation.

The project maintained the existing vehicle maintenance pit positions and associated access whilst all other structures were demolished and a four lane Test Hall and two storey office facility constructed.

All undertaken within a major Partnering arrangement with VOSA worth £40 million over 4 years. Contracts utilized during the development of this award winning framework comprised PPC2000, BeCollaborative and lastly JCT Constructing Excellence where much of the Risk management examples are based upon Britcon documentation developed during this award winning framework.

Gillingham Goods Vehicle Testing Station

During 2004 Britcon were appointed as Principal Contractor to construct 14 HGV testing stations throughout the UK. The Gillingham project was the second centre to be reconstructed.

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